Industry Defense Headquarters Ankara, Turkey | Founded 2006 (2006) Revenue US$ 110,000,000 (2013) | |
Key people Ali Haydar Kurtdarcan, CEO and Aziz Tunc Batum, President Products Sensor Systems, Underwater Acoustic Systems, Communication Systems, Platform Simulators | ||
Meteksan Savunma is a Turkish defense technology company, based in Ankara specializing in microwave and millimeter wave systems, laser systems, communication data links, underwater acoustic systems and simulators. It is part of Bilkent Holding, a large conglomerate funded by Bilkent University, which is Turkey's 15th largest industrial group, and privately held.
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Meteksan is one of the suppliers of the Turkish Armed Forces, and has been involved in projects such as missile defense systems, attack helicopters, UAVs, corvettes and underwater weapons systems.
History
Meteksan is established in 2006 as a subsidiary of Bilkent Holding and Bilkent University. The Company’s first contract was Army Operational Training Center Project. Then “Millimeter Wave Radar Techniques for Land Targer Acquisition” and “Naval Warfare Simulation System” projects were awarded through TUBITAK funds.
In 2009, it was designated as a "Center of Excellence in Underwater Acoustics" by Turkey's Undersecretariat for Defense Industries, the first such center established as part of a Turkish government initiative to increase the output of its local defense industries. Since 2010 Meteksan launched a product oriented strategy within the defense electronics and has become one of the fastest growing private-sector companies of defense industry in Turkey.
Meteksan demonstrate a performance higher than international industry benchmark, and reveal more that 250,000 USD revenue per employee. The Company operate a successful network of suppliers and SMEs; maximize direct personnel efficiency ratio to its highest in Turkish defense industry, while minimizing overhead to total expense ratio.